'Modéle des Ecoles primaires':

c. 1890

Maker: Edouard Lutz, Paris

DESCRIPTION:
This small microscope, designed for use use of primary school students, inclines on its Y-shaped foot. It features a gimbaled mirror. Coarse focus is by sliding the tube up or down in its sleeve. Fine focus is by a rear-facing knob acting on the stage. There are two stage clips and a rectangular stage It is made of lacquered brass except for the gold-painted iron foot.

HISTORY:

This student microscope, intended for the use of 'Primary School' students, was sold, (and likely made by) Edouard Lutz who operated out of Paris at 65 Boulevard Saint Germain in the late 19th century. He stated he was awarded four medals at the Universal Exposition of 1889, and claimed to be in business since 1848. Lutz supplied a variety of optical instruments, including a 'School Microscope,' a 'Pocket Dissecting' model, and achromatic models. The microscope depicted on this web page was said to magnify 120 times.